#Exponential

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ We are 1 of the only wealthy places in the world that actually tried, failed, & gave upWe tried to mitigate, this epidemic ran away, we tried to lockdown,

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update September 4: There’s a disturbing new underground movement to undermine COVID response.And it’s working. 1/ Occasionally I see something which makes me realize COVID isn’t our toughest enemy

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

Why we need to act NOW.Though it was at or below 1 -- it was 0.7-0.9 or 0.8-1.0 -- from the end of May to the middle of August, R

Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD, PhD, CCFP

nilikm

First we’re told schools are safe. Then we are told that kids jostling into schools pose a risk. There is an erosion of trust for families & educators. Now Ontario

Rebecca Burnell 🌍

Beccabluesky

Update on my worm bin -I have kept my tiny population of red wiggler composting worms alive & reproducing for... idk, 12 weeks so far?https://twitter.com/Beccabluesky/status/1217903712066310144 Under ideal conditions, their population

Stacey Reiman

mspanish

Alaska's cases have undergone a huge uptick: from 0, to 14, to 27 in a day. Our governor encouraged a rapid reopening and is now pushing to eliminate our mandatory

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

One reason nazis argue in ridiculously bad faith is that they get platformed when people dunk on them. You may resist the urge to debate them, but they know if

Ryan McGreal

RyanMcGreal

THREAD:I literally just realized something. Either by design or default, the #onpoli government recently conducted a large-scale test of the core thesis of the "Great Barrington Declaration".Spoiler alert: it didn't

Albert Trigg

alberttrigg

My take on the SAGE meeting minutes, published after a FOI requestFirstly there are huge gaps between evidence provided and policy decisions throughoutResulting in huge policy leaps from meeting to

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

A virus doesnt care what you want. A virus doesn't care what's convenient. People want schools open. People want the economy open. It would be convenient. NONE of that can

Simon fae Standingstone ::🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍::

simon_brooke

@BBCWeekendGMS was talking this morning about how we pay for social care, and saying that, basically, income tax is the only way @scotgov can raise more money (before independence). I

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

A brief summary of the very precarious situation we are in now, and why we have a very narrow window to act in the UK. If we don't act now,

Brendan Blumer

BrendanBlumer

Some people ask me about my macroeconomic view. I am not a sophisticated chart geek and have a very simple take on the world: Cash/USD is on the brink of

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

I was invited today to on @NickFerrariLBC to comment on the recent letter by 22 scientists on ending mask use in schools, and opening up the UK without masks &

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

The COVID-19 Pandemic is an Apocalyptic Event. Just Not in the Way You Think. The word “apocalypse” conjures up images of burning buildings, panicked masses, and the end of the

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

September 29, 2020 - Canada/Ontario/Québec daily updateCurrent data as of 12 am. Data is 100% public and official, and fully cited. 10 newly reported deaths in all of Canada (population: